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Box with Miniature: The Wedding Party
(18th and 19th Centuries )
In the center of the lid, a hexagonal-shaped miniature shows in matte enamel the bride and groom, a detail based on the wedding couple in Konstantin Makovskii's A Boyar Wedding in the Seventeenth Century (1883) now in the Hillwood Museum and Gardens. Particular attention has been given to such details as the groom's ermine collar and cuffs, the bride's kokoshnik headdress and veil, and the painted decoration on the walls of the window well.
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Provenance
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Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.
Geographies
Russia, Moscow (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 5/16 x W: 3 9/16 x D: 1 1/2 in. (3.3 x 9 x 3.8 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Jean M. Riddell, 2010
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
44.940